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orthodontics

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A specialty of dentistry concerned with correcting misalignment of teeth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: orthodontia, orthodonture, dental orthopedics, dental orthopaedics

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dentistry, dental medicine, odontology

History

Etymology

From orthodontic + -s, equivalent to ortho- (“correct, straight”) + -odont + -ics.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: օրթոդոնտիա (ōrtʻodontia) — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Azerbaijani: ortodontiya — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Catalan: ortodòncia — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Catalan: ortodontologia — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牙齒矯正 /牙齿矫正 (yáchǐ jiǎozhèng) — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 正畸 (zhèngjī) — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 齒顎矯正學 /齿颚矫正学 (chǐ'è jiǎozhèng xué) — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Czech: ortodoncie — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Dutch: orthodontie — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Finnish: oikomishoito — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Finnish: hampaiden oionta — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • French: orthodontie — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • German: Kieferorthopädie — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Greek: ορθοδοντική (orthodontikí) — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Hungarian: fogszabályozás — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Indonesian: ortodonsia — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Italian: ortodonzia — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Korean: 치과교정학 (chigwagyojeonghak) — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Portuguese: ortodontia — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Spanish: ortodoncia — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Swedish: ortodonti — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Swedish: tandreglering — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Vietnamese: chỉnh nha — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Vietnamese: chỉnh hình răng — correcting misalignment of teeth
  • Vietnamese: chỉnh răng — correcting misalignment of teeth